Adjoint sensitivity of surface precipitation to initial conditions

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 135, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2879-2896

  Mahfouf, Jean François ^a,b   Bilodeau, Bernard ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; STORMS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; WIND EFFECTS;

INITIAL CONDITIONS; MIDLATITUDE FRONT; SURFACE PRECIPITATION; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

AIR TEMPERATURE; BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; HUMIDITY; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SURFACE PRESSURE;

EID: 34548254000     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR3439.1     Document Type: Article

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